The Derby County Herald
Transfer targets19 Aug 2030
$1.9M settles it between the clubs for Gassan Ahadme
Charlton Athletic have accepted the money. What Derby County do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Market19 Aug 2030
Mark Travers attracts admirers
The name of Mark Travers has come up in conversations Derby County were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Tempers go at Derby County
Mikel Merino was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets19 Aug 2030
The paperwork begins on Luigi Caccavo
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Derby County have done the hard part with Pisa, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Match17 Aug 2030
After 8 games, Derby County finally taste it again
The first defeat in 8 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Liverpool; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Jayden Ngwashi is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad19 Aug 2030
A row about effort at Derby County
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Max Johnston was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom19 Aug 2030
Graduation day at Derby County
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets19 Aug 2030
Pisa tell Derby County: Filippo Pittarello is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Mark Travers
- Match Derby County come up short against Liverpool
- Market One of our own: Peter Evans joins the Derby County first team